US Solar PV Manufacturers Launch AD/CVD Petitions
Industry Associations Fear Market Uncertainty As PV Producers Push For Tariffs On Imported Cells & Modules
Friday, 26 Apr 2024
A group of US solar PV manufacturers has filed a set of antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) petitions with the US government to investigate ‘potentially illegal trade practices’ by Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Thailand.
North America Solar PV News Snippets
Ohio Green Signals 800 MW Agrivoltaic Project & More From CSIQ, Sunnova, Invenergy, Consumers Energy, REC
Thursday, 28 Mar 2024
Shell-backed Savion’s 800 MW US agri-PV project green signaled; Canadian Solar responds to Maxeon’s lawsuit; Sunnova signs deal with The Home Depot; Invenergy raises $900M financing; Consumers Energy to build 250 MW solar plant in Michigan; REC S.
REC Silicon Shutting Down Butte Manufacturing Fab
Norwegian Group’s US Subsidiary Blames High Electricity Costs For Discontinuing Polysilicon Production
Sunday, 11 Feb 2024
The US subsidiary of Norwegian polysilicon manufacturer REC Silicon will discontinue its polysilicon production capacity at its Butte, Montana location citing high electricity costs.
North America Solar PV News Snippets
Michigan Adopts 100% Clean Energy Standard & More From REC, Swift Current Energy, JinkoSolar, Summit Ridge Energy, SunPower
Friday, 01 Dec 2023
Michigan Governor signs clean energy package into law; REC Silicon ramping up Moses Lake fab; Swift Current Energy signs 20-year NYSERDA PPA for solar project; JinkoSolar’s 1 GW US fab update; Summit Ridge Energy acquires 19 community solar project.
Full-Form Supply Agreement For REC Silicon
Hanwha Q Cells Makes Way For Moses Lake Fab To Come Back To Business By November 2023
Wednesday, 06 Sep 2023
Norway-headquartered polysilicon manufacturer REC Silicon ASA is hoping to restart its Moses Lake fab in the US by November 1, 2023 after South Korea’s Hanwha Q Cells officially signed up to purchase the entire output to fuel its 8.4 GW local production plans.
REC Silicon Secures 100% Offtake Agreement With Hanwha
Hanwha Solutions To Procure FBR Polysilicon From REC Silicon Under 10-Year Take-Or Pay Offtake Binding Agreement
Wednesday, 01 Feb 2023
Polysilicon supplier to the solar industry, Norway’s REC Silicon is inching closer to restarting its Moses Lake fab in the US after achieving a major prerequisite for its reopening in the form of securing a binding 10-year take-or pay offtake agree.
Hanwha Senior Resource Now REC Silicon’s New CFO
Hanwha Solutions/Qcells EVP Jeong Ryul Yun On Board As Chief Financial Officer Of REC Silicon
Tuesday, 11 Oct 2022
Leadership changes at Norway headquartered REC Silicon, that operates polysilicon manufacturing facilities in the US, continue as the company has now announced the appointment of a senior executive of Hanhwa Solutions/Qcells Jeong Ryul Yun as the company’s new chief financial officer (CFO).
REC Silicon Appoints New Chief Executive Officer
REC Silicon Elevates Polysilicon & Silicon Gases Head William Kurtis Levens To Group CEO
Wednesday, 28 Sep 2022
Norway based polysilicon supplier for the solar industry through its US manufacturing facilities REC Silicon ASA has appointed William Kurtis Levens as the company’s new Group CEO to replace James A May II from September 28, 2022.
North America PV News Snippets
REC Silicon & Mississippi Solar To Negotiate Silicon Metal Supply Agreement & More From MN8, Yukon, FirstEnergy
Monday, 22 Aug 2022
REC Silicon to negotiate raw material supply with Mississippi Solar for US polysilicon production; MN8 to buy 14 US solar assets from Australia’s NEW; Canada investing in Yukon’s largest solar and storage project; FirstEnergy shutters ash landfill site to make way for 6 MW solar plant.
MoU For Silicon Raw Material Supply In US
REC Silicon & Ferroglobe To Establish ‘Fully Traceable’ US Solar Supply Chain
Monday, 13 Jun 2022
Norwegian polysilicon producer REC Silicon has roped in British silicon metal and alloys producer Ferroglobe PLC to supply it silicon metal raw material for its Moses Lake production fab in the US as it targets to establish a low-carbon and fully traceable US based solar supply chain.
Qcells Picks Georgia For 1.4 GW US Module Fab
Hanwha Offers To Be Sole Offtaker For All Moses Lake Polysilicon Production From REC Silicon
Friday, 27 May 2022
Hanwha Solutions’ Qcells will bring up its planned 1.4 GW TOPCon solar module manufacturing fab in Dalton, Georgia in the US, near its existing 1.7 GW operational module fab and has offered to offtake all of polysilicon REC Silicon plans to rol.
Qcells To Expand Solar Production Capacity
Hanwha To Build 1.4 GW Module Facility In US & Expand Cell Capacity In Korea
Thursday, 12 May 2022
Qcells has said it will expand its solar manufacturing capacity in the US and South Korea with plans for a 1.4 GW module production facility in America and expanding its cell capacity in South Korea, all for a total investment of $320 million.
Hanwha Invests in US Silicon Production
Hanwha Ups Stake In REC Silicon; Says US Polysilicon Fab To Be Back In Business From 2023
Friday, 25 Mar 2022
South Korean solar module maker Hanwha Solutions Corporation and Hanwha Corporation has expanded its shareholding in US polysilicon producer REC Silicon ASA as it acquires 4.67% additional stake from Aker Horizons, paving the way for Hanwha to implem.
REC Silicon’s Tore Torvund Stepping Down
Norwegian Polysilicon Maker REC Silicon Announces CEO Change
Friday, 03 Dec 2021
REC Silicon ASA, the Norwegian polysilicon supplier with manufacturing plants in the US, has announced its long-term CEO Tore Torvund is stepping down from his position after leading the company for over a decade.
REC Silicon & Violet Power Partnership Terminated
REC Silicon & Violet Power Call Off Strategic Partnership; Norwegian Polysilicon Maker Says Will Collaborate Commercially With ‘Established’ & ‘Proven’ Solar Supply Chain Partners
Tuesday, 06 Apr 2021
Norwegian polysilicon supplier with production capacities in the US, REC Silicon ASA has terminated its strategic partnership with upcoming solar manufacturing company Violet Energy, Inc., doing business as Violet Power.
China Extends Tariffs On US & South Korea Polysilicon
Chinese Ministry Of Commerce Extends Tariffs On Solar-Grade Polysilicon From United States & South Korea For Another Five Years
Sunday, 26 Jan 2020
With the Chinese government extending the tariffs on US made polysilicon for five-year period, REC Silicon said its Moses Lake fab (in the picture) remains shut and it will assess the market for solar grade polysilicon in light of the Phase I Trade Agreement of China and the US.
US Firms Want End To Chinese Tariffs On US Polysilicon
REC Silicon, Hemlock Semiconductor & Wacker Chemie Urge US Government To Include Chinese Tariffs On US Made Polysilicon In Ongoing Trade Talks With China & Extend Federal Solar Tax Credit
Thursday, 24 Oct 2019
The US polysilicon industry is currently worth over $10 billion, pointed out the trio of HSC, Wacker and REC Silicon, while meeting the US House Manufacturing Caucus.
REC Silicon Could Completely Close Moses Lake Fab
US Politicians Take Up REC Silicon Case With Trump As Company Faces Threat Of Complete Shutdown Of Moses Lake Polysilicon Fab; Trump Urged To Save 200 Highly Skilled Jobs
Tuesday, 25 Sep 2018
REC Silicon’s Moses Lake polysilicon fab faces the threat of complete closure even as it let go of some 100 employees across the company on July 2, 2018.
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